[stylist] Monthly telephone gathering- this coming Sunday

Sat Apr 24 18:27:27 UTC 2010

Hi All,

Thanks Donna. Yes, I realize the number doesn't have a typical toll free 
designation, but I wasn't sure. Can anyone tell me the average duration of 
the meetings? Thanks.

Neil

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From: "Donna Hill" <penatwork at epix.net>
Sent: Saturday, April 24, 2010 1:37 PM
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Subject: Re: [stylist] Monthly telephone gathering- this coming Sunday

> Hi Neil,
> I thought you posted this before and just assumed it was answered. It 
> doesn't look to me like the area code is for a toll call. Normally, toll 
> free calls are 800, 888, 877. Here is the number Robert lists and the 
> access code you need to input once you get there.
> 218-339-4300 --the code is: 568839# (last character is a number sign)
> HTH,
> Donna
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> Neil Butters wrote:
>> Hello,
>>
>>
>> Is the call toll free, and if so does it include
>> Canada?
>>
>> Neil
>>
>>
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>> From: "Robert Leslie Newman" <newmanrl at cox.net>
>> Sent: Thursday, April 22, 2010 11:14 PM
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>> Su        bject: [stylist] Monthly telephone gathering- this coming 
>> Sunday
>>
>>> RE: This coming Sunday, the 25th of April is the Writers' Division's 
>>> monthly
>>> gathering (the last Sunday of the month)
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> --As previously posted- this months gathering will feature two special
>>> events- First, is a opportunity to meet and talk with an editor of an
>>> on-line magazine called "Breath and Shadow." this is a magazine created 
>>> by
>>> the disabled and seeks disabled authors and pays for submissions. The
>>> editor, Chris Kuell is a member of the NFB Writers' Division and I have
>>> finally lined Chris up to come on a monthly gathering and to 
>>> specifically
>>> talk to us and to answer our questions about "Breath and Shadow" and 
>>> about
>>> himself. Chris is a great writer of short stories, and I'm sure of other
>>> forms of writings, too. You can see some of Chris's stories in Slate and
>>> Style; Chris Tooke first place in the 2010 Division writing contest and
>>> second in 2009. immediately below is his bio-
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Biography
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Chris Kuell is a blind writer and advocate living in Western 
>>> Connecticut. A
>>> former research chemist, he lost his sight at thirty-five as a result of
>>> diabetic retinopathy. A few years later, he learned how to use a 
>>> computer
>>> with speech output and turned his efforts to writing. He's had more than 
>>> two
>>> dozen articles about blindness published, and His fiction has appeared 
>>> in
>>> Spillway Review, The Sun, Breath and Shadow, Apollo's Lyre, Gambit, 
>>> Mountain
>>> Echoes, Decomposition, Bewildering Stories, and Dialogue. He was an 
>>> editor
>>> and contributed to the anthology, Mountain Voices: Illuminating the
>>> Character of West Virginia, as well as having a short story in, Northern
>>> Haunts: Terrifying Tales From New England. He is currently seeking an
>>> agent/publisher for Disconnected, a novel about how Alzheimer's disease
>>> affects a family and tests the bonds of love. He is also hard at work on 
>>> his
>>> second novel, Rub It In, a novel about a blind massage therapist caught 
>>> in a
>>> thorny love triangle.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> In January of 2008, he took over as Editor in Chief at Breath and 
>>> Shadow,
>>> the only paying literary journal written and edited exclusively by 
>>> people
>>> with disabilities.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> --Our second feature of the evening is an opportunity for any member to
>>> present, read a short example of their writing. This would be for the
>>> purpose is an opportunity to get some on the spot, constructive 
>>> feedback.
>>> This was suggested during last months gathering. this can be any type of
>>> writing that you would wish to present.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> It has also been suggested, that if we do this again, how about sending 
>>> the
>>> work out to members prior to the meeting date. Let's talk about it.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> --The time for the gathering is- 8:30 PM Eastern; 7:30 PM Central; 6:30 
>>> PM
>>> Mountain; 5:30 PM Pacific.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> --The phone number to call is- 218-339-4300
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> --the code is: 568839# (last character is a number sign)
>>>
>>>
>>> Robert Leslie Newman
>>> President NFB Writers' division
>>> Writers' Division Website-
>>> http://www.nfb-writers-division.org
>>> <blocked::http://www.nfb-writers-division.org/>
>>> Personal Website-
>>> http://www.thoughtprovoker.info
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